assimilation

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin assimilatio. By surface analysis, assimilate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === assimilation (countable and uncountable, plural assimilations) The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated. The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue. (by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure. (phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs. (sociology, cultural studies) The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture. ==== Antonyms ==== dissimilation ==== Derived terms ==== (phonology): regressive assimilation, anticipatory assimilation, progressive assimilation, perseverative assimilation ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== acculturation liaison mutation rendaku sandhi === Anagrams === Islamisation == Danish == === Noun === assimilation c (singular definite assimilationen, plural indefinite assimilationer) assimilation (linguistics) assimilation (sociology) assimilation ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== (sociology): pluralistisk integration, segregation ==== Derived terms ==== tvangsassimilation === Further reading === “assimilation” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === From assimiler +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.si.mi.la.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === assimilation f (plural assimilations) (phonology) assimilation Antonym: dissimilation ==== Derived terms ==== assimilation progressive assimilation régressive === Further reading === “assimilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012